Game Store

2 Tips For Starting A Successful Game Store (2025)

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Updated: April 14th, 2025

Want to start your own game store? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a game store:

Where to start?

-> Game store plan
-> How to finance a game store?
-> How much does it cost to start a game store?
-> Pros and cons of a game store

Need inspiration?

-> Other game store success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a game store
-> Game store names

Other resources

-> Profitability of a game store

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a game store:

#1: OLIVER JENKS, founder of Speedcube New Zealand:

We chatted with with OLIVER, founder of Speedcube New Zealand ($4.2K/month). In our interview, OLIVER says:

If you don’t continuously work on the little things, it’ll come across as messy and present an unprofessional image to your customers.

Additionally:

Some people have a hard time taking the leap. Do your research, but at some point accept that you have to stop thinking and just start doing.

Read the full interview ➜

Part of

Starting A Game Store: Everything You Need To Know

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